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  • GOOD BAD GIRL
    GOOD BAD GIRL
    ALICE FEENEY
    'An author you need to check out' - Harlan Coben'One of the best psychological thriller writers' - The SunSometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things . . .Twenty years after a baby is stolen from her push-chair, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth....
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  • THESE HOLLOW VOWS
    THESE HOLLOW VOWS
    LEXI RYAN
    'Sexy, surprising, and full of secrets' Stephanie Garber, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Caraval series A heart is a dangerous thing to steal. AN INSTANT BOOKTOK SENSATION Cruel Prince meets A Court of Thorns and Roses in this sexy, action-packed fantasy about a girl who is caught between two treacherous faerie courts and their dangerously seductive princes. Brie...
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  • PLAY IT AS IT LAYS
    PLAY IT AS IT LAYS
    JOAN DIDION
    Benny called for a round of Cuba Libres and I gave him some chips to play for me and went to the ladies' room and never came back. Somewhere out beyond Hollywood, hollowed-out actress Maria Wyeth's life plays out in a numbing routine of perpetual freeway driving. In her early thirties, divorced from her husband, dislocated from friends, anesthetized to pain and please, Wheth is...
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  • LION OF MACEDON
    LION OF MACEDON
    DAVID GEMMELL
    His name is Parmenion. Despised by Spartans and Macedonians alike, he must fight for his place in the world. Yet he will survive. Dark forces have marked out his destiny as the most fearsome warlord Greece has ever known. For he will become the Lion of Macedon - and will reshape the glory of Greece before he faces the wrath of hell ... ...
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  • ROXY
    ROXY
    NEAL SHUSTERMAN / JARROD SHUSTERMAN
    Above our world is a toxic wonderland where the party has raged for centuries. Humans know the partygoers simply as "narcotics", "opioids", "drugs". But here they are malevolent gods, toying with the fates of mortals. Roxy and Addison have made a wager to see who can be lethal the quickest. Isaac and Ivy Ramey are their targets. Ivy is understimulated and overmedicated. Isaac i...
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  • THE GAMES GODS PLAY
    THE GAMES GODS PLAY
    ABIGAIL OWEN
    The gods love to play with us mere mortals. And every hundred years, we let them... I have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus. Living as a cursed office clerk for the Order of Thieves, I just keep my head down and hope the capricious beings who rule from Olympus won't notice me. Not an easy feat, given San Francisco is Zeus' patron city, but I make do...
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  • TROY
    TROY
    STEPHEN FRY
    AN EPIC BATTLE THAT LASTED TEN YEARS. A LEGENDARY STORY THAT HAS SURVIVED THOUSANDS. 'An inimitable retelling of the siege of Troy . . . Fry's narrative, artfully humorous and rich in detail, breathes life and contemporary relevance into these ancient tales' OBSERVER 'Stephen Fry has done it again. Well written and super storytelling' 5***** READER REVIEW ________ 'Troy. The ...
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  • THE TELL-TALE HEART
    THE TELL-TALE HEART
    EDGAR ALLAN POE
    'Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was a groan of mortal terror ... the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul.' Stories about murder, mystery and madness, portraying the author's feverish imagination at its creative height. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range an...
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  • THE FALL
    THE FALL
    ALBERT CAMUS
    Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling, self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation pours forth.The Fall (1956) is a brilliant portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond...
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  • BARCELONA
    BARCELONA
    MARY COSTELLO
    THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERA marriage unravels in a Spanish hotel room as a young wife is haunted by a past love.A father travels to Paris to meet his scientist son and is exposed to his son's true nature.A woman attends a reading by a famous author and comes to some painful realisations about her own marriage.The stories in Barcelona reveal the underlying disquiet of modern lif...
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  • MOLECULES OF MURDER
    MOLECULES OF MURDER
    JOHN EMSLEY
    Molecules of Murder is about infamous murderers and famous victims; about people like Harold Shipman, Alexander Litvinenko, Adelaide Bartlett, and Georgi Markov. Few books on poisons analyse these crimes from the viewpoint of the poison itself, doing so throws a new light on how the murders or attempted murders were carried out and ultimately how the perpetrators were uncovered...
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  • THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
    THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
    SIR RICHARD BURTON
    No library's complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects the beloved tales of Arabian Nights, translated by Sir Richard Burton.They are ancient stories, but they still enchant our imaginations today: "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," "Sinbad the Sailor," "Aladdin," and more. These and the other Middle Eastern stories collected in Arabian Nig...
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  • A HISTORY OF SCOTLAND
    A HISTORY OF SCOTLAND
    NEIL OLIVER
    The dramatic story of Scotland - by charismatic television historian, Neil Oliver.Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - tales of failure, submission, thwarted ambition and tragedy - often badly serve this great nation, overshadowing the rich tapestry of her intricate past....
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  • PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: WRATH OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS
    PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: WRATH OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS
    RICK RIORDAN
    THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER - OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK! THE ORIGINAL HERO. A BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE. Percy Jackson has saved the world multiple times - battling monsters, Titans, even death himself - so graduating high school should be a breeze, right? Wrong. Percy needs three recommendation letters from the gods before his final year in high school comes to an end. And one thing Per...
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  • MOUSE OVERBOARD!
    MOUSE OVERBOARD!
    GERONIMO STILTON
    "The Stiltons are off to Portugal! As descendants of famouse explorer Vasco da Gama, they've been invited to recreate his first voyage. Geronimo is even playing the part of the captain! If only he didn't get so seasick. And if only someone wasn't trying to sabotage the trip! Can Geronimo stop them before it's too late?"--Publisher's description. ...
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  • THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF CTHULHU
    THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF CTHULHU
    PAULA GURAN
    For more than 80 years H. P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of horror and supernatural fiction with his dark vision of humankind's insignificant place in a vast, uncaring cosmos. At the time of his death in 1937, Lovecraft was virtually unknown, but from early cult status his readership expanded exponentially; his nightmarish visions laying down roots in the collective imaginat...
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  • WHAT I ATE IN ONE YEAR
    WHAT I ATE IN ONE YEAR
    STANLEY TUCCI
    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - DISCOVER THE MOUTHWATERING FOLLOW-UP TO HIS BESTSELLING MEMOIR, TASTE 'Sharing food is one of the purest human acts' Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci's life: from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with hi...
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  • NORTHANGER ABBEY
    NORTHANGER ABBEY
    JANE AUSTEN
    "Considered the most light-hearted and satirical of Austen's novels, Northanger Abbey tells the story of an unlikely young heroine Catherine Morland. While staying in Bath, Catherine meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor who invite her to their family estate, Northanger Abbey. A fan of Gothic Romance novels, naive Catherine is soon letting her imagination run wild in the at...
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  • WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY
    WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY
    MICHIKO AOYAMA
    ***THE FAVOURITE READ FOR ALL BOOK-LOVERS*** The irresistible Times bestseller A Time Magazine Book of the Year 'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail 'It made me laugh and cry and feel comforted' 5***** Reader review 'A tribute to the transformative power of books and libraries' Irish Times Already loved by thousands of readers, an inspirational tale of the lo...
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  • THE PHILOSOPHER'S PUPIL
    THE PHILOSOPHER'S PUPIL
    IRIS MURDOCH
    A darkly comic story of creativity, conscience, rebirth and love, which displays all of Murdoch's virtuoso imagination and narrative genius. In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, rightousness and ritual cleansing. To this town steeped in ancient lore and subterra...
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  • THE SILVER CHAIR
    THE SILVER CHAIR
    C. S. LEWIS
    A prince imprisoned - a country in peril A beautiful paperback edition of The Silver Chair, book six in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with cover and interior art by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes. Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, a noble band of friends is sent to rescue a prince held captive. But t...
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  • LOVE ME TENDER
    LOVE ME TENDER
    CONSTANCE DEBRÉ
    In Love Me Tender, Debre goes on to further describe the consequences of that life-changing decision. Her husband, Laurent, seeks to permanently separate her from their eight-year old child. Vilified in divorce court by her ex, she loses custody of her son and is allowed to see him only once every two weeks for a supervised hour. Deprived of her child, Debre gives up her two-be...
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  • THE RIVER IS WAITING (OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB)
    THE RIVER IS WAITING (OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB)
    WALLY LAMB
    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK A USA TODAY BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, celebrated for two prior Oprah Book Club selections, returns with an exceptional third pick, a propulsive novel following a young father grappling with unbearable tragedy as he searches for hope, redemption, and the possibility of forgiveness.Cor...
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  • THE GLITTERING EDGE
    THE GLITTERING EDGE
    ALYSSA VILLAIRE
    "Rumors are the lifeblood of Idlewood, Indiana. The locals whisper that the De Lucas are witches, and that decades prior they cursed the wealthy Barrion family as revenge for a love gone tragically wrong: now, if a Barrion falls in love with you, you'll die. If this isn't reason enough for wallflower Penny Emberly to stay away from both families, she doesn't know what is. But w...
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  • HIS DARK MATERIALS: THE DELUXE EDITION
    HIS DARK MATERIALS: THE DELUXE EDITION
    PHILIP PULLMAN
    Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree amongscholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaitsher will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clansreign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will haveimmeasurable consequences far beyond her own world... ...
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  • THE OCTOBER MAN
    THE OCTOBER MAN
    BEN AARONOVITCH
    A Rivers of London novella, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch. Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany's oldest city. So when a man is found dead with, his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth. Fortunately this is Germany, where there are procedures for everything. Enter I...
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  • A DESOLATION CALLED PEACE
    A DESOLATION CALLED PEACE
    ARKADY MARTINE
    HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR FOR BEST NOVEL 2022A Desolation Called Peace is the spectacular space opera sequel to A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel. An alien terror could spell our end. An alien threat lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus ...
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  • EMMA
    EMMA
    JANE AUSTEN
    Now a major motion picture starring Anya Taylor-JoyPart of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with he...
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  • BRITAIN AFTER ROME
    BRITAIN AFTER ROME
    ROBIN FLEMING
    The enormous hoard of beautiful gold military objects found in a field in Staffordshire has focused huge attention on the mysterious world of 7th and 8th century Britain. Clearly the product of a sophisticated, wealthy, highly militarized society, the objects beg innumerable questions about how we are to understand the people who once walked across the same landscape we inhabit...
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  • THE MOTHER OF ALL QUESTIONS
    THE MOTHER OF ALL QUESTIONS
    REBECCA SOLNIT
    "Following on from the success of Men Explain Things to Me comes a new collection of essays in which Rebecca Solnit opens up a feminism for all of us: one that doesn't stigmatize women's lives, whether they include spouses and children or not; that brings empathy to the silences in men's lives as well as the silencing of women's lives; celebrates the ways feminism has shifted i...
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